Sir Patrick too! Only think of the sociable Sir Patrick being in a state of seclusion--pacing up and down by himself in the loneliest part of the garden.

And the servants again! it had even spread to the servants! _They_ were presuming to whisper in corners, like their betters.

The house-maids appeared, spasmodically, where house maids had no business to be.

Doors banged and petticoats whisked in the upper regions.

Something wrong--depend upon it, something wrong! "We had much better go away.